Pharmaceutical State

In The Pharmaceutical State, authors Wayne Clingman and Shanta Paska investigate the historical exploitation of vulnerable populations by governments and corporations, tracing a disturbing lineage from the antebellum South to modern America. Through a wealth of declassified records, the book illuminates how individuals have been treated as commodities within the $35 billion plasma industry and beyond, revealing a systemic pattern of medical abuse and neglect spanning over a century. This compelling investigative work calls into question the ethics of a system designed to profit from the most desperate, prompting readers to reconsider how such exploitation continues today.